Book Review: 'Glorious Exploits' turns classical history into an endearing comedy about tragedy
by Donna Edwards
Mar 25, 2024
2 minutes
Best friends Lampo and Gelon are potters by trade, but their souls are filled with poetry. It’s 412 B.C. and the city of Syracuse doesn’t know what hit it when these two hatch up the best worst idea: They’ll put on a play using the Athenian prisoners of war who are starving to death down in the rock quarry.
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